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<span rel="schema:author" class="field-wrapper"><span lang="" about="http://nimbustheatre.org/3.0/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">jcragun</span></span>
<span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2016-07-21T02:50:21+00:00" class="field-wrapper">Thu, 07/21/2016 - 02:50</span>
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<div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><h4 dir="ltr">This time, it’s more than a theater</h4>
<p dir="ltr">We want to build a home for new collaboratively created theater in the Twin Cities. A place where the artists in our community go to build work for our community and beyond. A place where theater lovers can go to see the best work created here, by local artists, for them. A place of learning, helping, sharing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For artists, we will be offering more: access to shop space and facilities, training, ticketing and other administrative services. The current theater landscape isn’t built for creating new devised and ensemble work: it is built for staging existing scripts. We want to give the artists in our community access to the resources that they need to create the best possible work. Because we think the talent in this community deserves it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For patrons, we will be offering more: a real wine, beer, and coffee bar, more spacious lobby, unified ticketing, even more programming and events, and access to more work in progress. We want to create a go-to destination for the best local theater that is comfortable, inviting, and inclusive.</p>
<h4 dir="ltr">This time, it’s bigger.</h4>
<p dir="ltr">7000 square feet, almost twice the size of our last space. 30’ ceilings, nearly twice our last space. More lobby. More performance space. Our lease span is longer, with opportunity for expansion and growth.</p>
<h4 dir="ltr">This time, we need your help.</h4>
<p>We can’t do this without you. Please consider a financial contribution. Any amount can help. We need to buy signage, hire contractors, pay city fees. We will be smart about how we spend your contribution, and promise that any amount will go a long way.</p></div>
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Thu, 21 Jul 2016 02:50:21 +0000jcragun3 at http://nimbustheatre.org/3.0new playshttp://nimbustheatre.org/3.0/node/6
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<span class="field-wrapper">Thu, 08/04/2016 - 00:27</span>
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Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:27:53 +0000jcragun6 at http://nimbustheatre.org/3.0About the companyhttp://nimbustheatre.org/3.0/company
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<span rel="schema:author" class="field-wrapper"><span lang="" about="http://nimbustheatre.org/3.0/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">jcragun</span></span>
<span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2016-07-20T17:55:14+00:00" class="field-wrapper">Wed, 07/20/2016 - 17:55</span>
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<div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><p>It all started at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, 15 years ago. Two friends, both writers, started a theater company. They had both fallen in with theater kids in college, and were inspired by the collaborative approaches to creating work being pioneered by groups like SITI Company and Theater De La Jeune Lune. What would happen if you took the writer out of the coffee shop, and put them in the rehearsal room? They raised a few hundred dollars, submitted an application and decided to find out.</p>
<p>Ten years later, it wasn’t just two writers any more. Nimbus had become a company of artists that had a unique process for creating playwright-led devised work, with a reputation for taking chances on smart, challenging material. They had become we. We had grown slowly, incrementally, smartly. And we felt we were ready for our own home.</p>
<p>We found an old warehouse on Central Ave NE, and turned it into a theater. It took thousands of hours of volunteer labor, savvy and smart use of resources, donations from countless supporters, and a fair amount of luck. We built the theater that we wanted to perform in, but what it became was so much more- it became a home for independent theater and a valued part of the NE Arts scene.</p>
<p>Now, five years later, we are ready for the next step in our development. Something several years in the making. Something that’s been known as by a codeword, kept secret as it grew. Something called 3.0.</p>
<p>Now you are a part of the discussion. Let’s build the future of Twin Cities independent theater together.</p></div>
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Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:55:14 +0000jcragun1 at http://nimbustheatre.org/3.0theater is changinghttp://nimbustheatre.org/3.0/node/8
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<span class="field-wrapper">Thu, 08/04/2016 - 05:03</span>
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<div class="field-item"><p>"Theater is changing. Our facilities need to change with it."</p></div>
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Thu, 04 Aug 2016 05:03:18 +0000jcragun8 at http://nimbustheatre.org/3.02303 Kennedyhttp://nimbustheatre.org/3.0/kennedy
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<div property="schema:text" class="field-item"><p dir="ltr">Located in NE Minneapolis, our new home is situated at 2303 Kennedy St. NE, just a block off Stinson between Hennepin and Broadway Avenues.</p>
<p dir="ltr">With nearly 30’ ceilings, this 7000 square foot space contains exactly what we need to create theater- wide open space. It features a gorgeous brick exterior, and striking industrial interior that fits the theme of new work well- this is a place where things are made.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Built in 1922, the Kennedy building was a Westinghouse factory. Here they manufactured lamps, small appliances, and passenger elevators. Our section was a 1953 addition, and features a 5 ton gantry crane that will be the fixture of our new lobby.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We have a good relationship with our new landlords, who want to build a long-term relationship with a quality anchor tenant. Our 10-year lease in this building includes options for renewal and right of first refusal to all first floor space. The space has a new roof, and the landlord will be installing new HVAC units to meet our specifications.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The new facility will be much more than a theater. Our mainstage will expand seating to around 100. The venue will also feature a second, 48 seat studio that will be allow newer groups a smaller, more affordable, more intimate space to begin building their audiences and brand in. The facility will feature a common lobby with wine, beer, and coffee, where patrons will be encouraged to stay and talk about the art they saw, meet artists, and entertain friends. We will be doing more readings of new work, and work in progress. Because it won’t just be our space. It will be yours as well.</p></div>
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Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:48:37 +0000jcragun4 at http://nimbustheatre.org/3.0